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Stakeholder update: science and research

Dear Subscriber,

The FSA are delighted to share with you our latest science update, where we bring you our latest science and evidence and exciting opportunities to work with us. These quarterly updates will provide you with information about our current funding opportunities, latest research publications, areas of research interest, and will highlight FSA science job vacancies and peer reviewer opportunities. 

In this bulletin we highlight our annual science update to the board, our upcoming Food for Thought seminars and our recent publications.

Highlights

The recording of the FSA’s June board meeting has been published, at which the FSA Chief Scientific Adviser, Professor Robin May has presented his fourth annual report reflecting on science-related issues across the organisation. His Annual Science Update from the FSA’s Chief Scientific Adviser is also available to read.

Sign up for Food for Thought seminar updates

Our monthly seminars encourage collaborative learning and networking on topics across the food industry that align with our research priorities.

Opportunities

Data Analyst

We are looking for a Data Analyst who can help us improve the way we use data and performance monitoring in our work. You’ll work to transform the design, implementation and management of an enhanced data and performance reporting system and framework for the directorate.

Apply before 11:55pm on Sunday 21 July 2024.

FSA Food & You 2 Knowledge Exchange Fellowship (five months)

We’re recruiting for a Food and You 2 fellowship, where you'll be working to increase awareness and use of our official statistic survey among our stakeholders. The deadline for this opportunity has just been extended to Sunday 11 August.

Dates for the diary

Wednesday 14 August 2024, 12pm to 1pm

FSA Food for Thought webinar: The FSA's Consumer Insights Tracker - trends and insights Click here to register for Webinar In this session the Food for Thought team will be unpacking insights from the FSA’s tracking survey, the Consumer Insights Tracker. Have you ever wondered which food-related issues consumers are most concerned about? Or how they’re changing their shopping, cooking, and eating behaviours in these economically challenging times? This webinar will explore these questions and more, revealing up-to-date insights and shifts over time from July 2023 to March 2024, along with key demographic differences.

If you would like to keep up to date with our seminars as they are announced, then please join our mailing list.   

The Food for Thought team also welcomes any suggestions for future potential speakers. Please contact the team via email.

Food for Thought recordings

Food and You 2 - Understanding Consumers' Food Behaviour

The Food and You 2 is an official statistic survey that informs communications and government policy around food safety and other food related issues. This webinar delves into the  methods used to understand consumers’ attitudes and behaviour relating to food, how we ensure that the data collected is of a high quality, and the broad range of topics we cover in the survey.  We’ll also signpost you to where you can access Food and You 2 survey data if you’d like to explore the dataset further.  This session may be particularly useful if you work in a Local Authority, academia, third sector organisation or Government Department.

Recent publications

We collaborate with a range of stakeholders on research projects to ensure our work is underpinned by the latest science and evidence. Our publications are available on our Research and Evidence pages, and you can see our latest research highlighted below, categorised by area of research interest.

Behaviour and perception:

Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (FHRS) Audit of Display and Business Survey 2022: Technical Report Introduction

The FHRS was formally launched in November 2010. The scheme is designed to help consumers make more considered choices about where they purchase their food by providing clear information about the hygiene standards of food businesses at their last inspection by a food safety officer.

Capabilities:

Food and You 2 is a biannual ‘Official Statistic’ survey commissioned by the FSA.

Technical Report: Introduction, Wave 7: Executive summary, Wave 7:Research from Food and You 2

Chemical hazards in food and feed:

Safety Assessment RP16 Chromium Chelate of DL-Methionine

Assessment of the safety and efficacy of an additive of chromium chelate of DL-methionine (Availa®Cr) as a feed additive for dairy cows.

National Monitoring Plan for POAO: Data Analysis Report 2022-23 - Introduction

This is a summary of the sampling results of imported products of animal origin (POAO) undertaken at UK Border Inspection Posts (BCPs), under the UK’s National Monitoring Plan (NMP), between April 2022 and March 2023.

Consumer Interests:

Making Food Better Tracker Survey 2023 (Northern Ireland specific)

The Making Food Better Tracker Survey measures the progress of the FSA’s Making Food Better programme in Northern Ireland. The survey collects information on consumer perceptions of healthy eating, healthier options and reformulation, the use of traffic light labels, knowledge and understanding of the recommended daily calorie intake and attitudes towards promotions.

Consumer Insights Tracker

Monthly research and consumer insight on behaviours and attitudes towards food insecurity, food availability, consumer concerns and confidence in the food chain.

Register for the Food For Thought webinar on 14 August where trends and insights from this project will be discussed.

Food and You 2:

Food and You 2 is a biannual ‘Official Statistic’ survey commissioned by the FSA.

Technical Report: Introduction, Wave 7: Executive summary, Wave 7:Research from Food and You 2

Foodborne disease:

Animal product imports project: public health expert opinion elicitation

An expert opinion elicitation exercise was held in order to assess and categorise the potential public health risk associated with 19 categories of imported Products of Animal Origin (POAO)

An assessment of the risk of companion animals acquiring Salmonella, Escherichia coli spp., Campylobacter spp. and MRSA from contaminated raw pet food, and associated risks to pet owners from the use of these product in the home.

Risk assessment on risk of dogs and cats acquiring infection from contaminated Raw Pet Food products and to owners from cross contamination.

Rapid Risk Assessment: Risk to UK consumers from Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1 B3.13 in US dairy products

This rapid risk assessment assessed the risk to UK consumers from HPAI H5N1 strain B3.13 in imported milk, dairy products, colostrum and colostrum-based products originating from US dairy cattle.

Food hypersensitivity:

Patterns and Prevalence of Adult Food Allergy

This project has been set up to provide a step-change in our understanding of food allergy in adulthood by determining its prevalence in the adult population.

SME allergen provision in the non-prepacked sector

This research examines how SMEs provide allergen information, the challenges in managing cross-contact and providing accurate allergen information and the challenges and benefits of different options for providing allergen information.

Innovative regulator:

Guidance for Point of Contact Technologies

Final report outlining the activities undertaken and rationale behind the development of the guidelines.

Peer review publications with FSA authors:

Doerr et al., 2024. A UK framework for the assessment and integration of different scientific evidence streams in chemical risk assessment. Regul. Toxicol. Pharmacol. 151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yrtph.2024.105652

Mathisen et al., 2024. Time for CHANGE: system-level interventions for bringing forward the date of effective use of NAMs in regulatory toxicology. Arch. Toxicol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00204-024-03802-6

Mead et al., 2024. Does urban agriculture contribute to food security, and how might this be achieved? Proc. Nutr. Soc. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0029665124002209

Merrick et al., 2024. A genetically related cluster of Salmonella Typhimurium cases in humans associated with ruminant livestock and related food chains, United Kingdom, August 2021-December 2022. Epidemiol. Infect. https://doi.org/10.1017/S095026882400030X

Osborne et al., 2024. The new normal chemical landscape: the future of risk assessment toward optimum consumer safety. Toxicol. Res. 13. https://doi.org/10.1093/toxres/tfae016

Silva et al., 2024. A novel method to derive a human safety limit for PFOA by gene expression profiling and modelling. Front. Toxicol. 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/ftox.2024.1368320

Thom et al., 2024. The effect of timers and precommitments on handwashing: a randomised controlled trial in a kitchen laboratory. Behav. Public Policy. https://doi.org/10.1017/bpp.2023.33

PATH-SAFE programme

The Pathogen Surveillance in Agriculture, Food and the Environment (PATH-SAFE) programme is a 4-year, UK wide, cross government bio-surveillance programme which is working to develop a pilot national surveillance network, using the latest DNA-sequencing technology and environmental sampling, to improve the detection, and tracking of foodborne human pathogens and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) through the whole agri-food system from farm-to-fork.  

The programmes continuation year (2024/25) is now in full swing, and whilst projects are getting up and running, programme and project teams have also been pausing to reflect and review progress and achievements to date. In this, its final year, there will be increased focus on dissemination and communication of the excellent work of the programme, with some of its achievements already having been highlighted at key events such as the Royal Society AMR event in May, and in high-profile strategies such as the AMR National Action Plan 2025-2029, in recent months.  

To read more about the latest progress and key highlights, please visit our July newsletter which includes: 

• news and key updates
• spotlight – continuation: project overview
• progress updates
• connections and outputs 

In addition to our newsletter, you can find out more by visiting our website (currently undergoing some re-structuring) or contact the programme team direct at pathsafe@food.gov.uk. 

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Diweddariad rhanddeiliaid: gwyddoniaeth ac ymchwil

Annwyl Danysgrifiwr,

Rydym ni yn yr Asiantaeth Safonau Bwyd (ASB) yn falch o rannu ein diweddariad gwyddoniaeth gyda chi, lle rydym yn sôn am y newyddion a’r dystiolaeth ddiweddaraf ym maes gwyddoniaeth, yn ogystal â chyfleoedd cyffrous i weithio gyda ni. Bydd y diweddariadau chwarterol hyn yn rhoi gwybodaeth i chi am ein cyfleoedd cyllido cyfredol, y cyhoeddiadau ymchwil diweddaraf a’n meysydd o ddiddordeb ymchwil. Byddant hefyd yn tynnu sylw at swyddi gwag yr ASB ym maes gwyddoniaeth a chyfleoedd i adolygwyr cymheiriaid. 

Yn y bwletin hwn rydym yn tynnu sylw at ein diweddariad gwyddoniaeth blynyddol i’r Bwrdd, ein seminarau Cnoi Cil sydd ar y gweill a’n cyhoeddiadau diweddar.

Uchafbwyntiau

Mae recordiad o gyfarfod Bwrdd yr ASB ym mis Mehefin wedi’i gyhoeddi, lle rhoddodd Prif Gynghorydd Gwyddonol yr ASB, yr Athro Robin May, gyflwyniad ar ei bedwerydd adroddiad blynyddol yn trafod materion yn ymwneud â gwyddoniaeth ar draws y sefydliad. Gallwch hefyd ddarllen y diweddariad Gwyddoniaeth Blynyddol gan Brif Gynghorydd Gwyddonol yr ASB.

Cofrestru ar gyfer seminarau Cnoi Cil er mwyn cadw’n gyfredol

Mae ein seminarau misol yn annog cyd-ddysgu a rhwydweithio ar bynciau ar draws y diwydiant bwyd sy’n cyd-fynd â’n hegwyddorion ymchwil.

Cyfleoedd

Dadansoddwr Data

Rydym yn chwilio am Ddadansoddwr Data i’n helpu i wella’r ffordd yr ydym yn defnyddio data a monitro perfformiad yn ein gwaith. Bydd yr ymgeisydd llwyddiannus yn gweithio i drawsnewid dyluniad, gweithrediad a rheolaeth system a fframwaith adrodd data a pherfformiad gwell ar gyfer y gyfarwyddiaeth.

Gwnewch gais cyn 11:55pm ddydd Sul, 21 Gorffennaf 2024

Dyddiadau i’ch dyddiadur

Dydd Mercher, 14 Awst 2024, 12pm – 1pm

Gweminar Cnoi Cil yr ASB: Arolwg Tracio Mewnwelediadau Defnyddwyr yr ASB – tueddiadau a mewnwelediadau Cliciwch yma i gofrestru ar gyfer y weminar Yn y sesiwn hon, bydd y tîm Cnoi Cil yn edrych ar fewnwelediadau arolwg tracio defnyddwyr yr ASB. Ydych chi erioed wedi ystyried pa faterion yn ymwneud â bwyd y mae defnyddwyr yn poeni fwyaf amdanynt? Neu sut mae defnyddwyr yn newid eu harferion siopa, coginio a bwyta yn y cyfnod economaidd heriol hwn? Bydd y weminar yn archwilio’r cwestiynau hyn a mwy, gan ddatgelu’r mewnwelediadau diweddaraf a’r newidiadau dros amser rhwng mis Gorffennaf 2023 a mis Mawrth 2024, ynghyd â gwahaniaethau demograffig allweddol.

Os hoffech gael y diweddaraf am ein seminarau wrth iddynt gael eu cyhoeddi, ymunwch â’n rhestr bostio.  

Mae’r tîm Cnoi Cil hefyd yn croesawu unrhyw awgrymiadau ar gyfer siaradwyr posib yn y dyfodol. Cysylltwch â'r tîm trwy e-bost.

Recordiadau o’n seminarau Cnoi Cil

Bwyd a Chi 2 – Deall Ymddygiad Defnyddwyr

Mae Bwyd a Chi 2 yn arolwg ystadegau swyddogol sy’n llywio cyfathrebiadau a pholisi’r llywodraeth ynghylch diogelwch bwyd a materion eraill sy’n ymwneud â bwyd. Mae’r weminar hon yn ymchwilio i’r dulliau a ddefnyddir i ddeall agweddau ac ymddygiad defnyddwyr mewn perthynas â bwyd, sut rydym yn sicrhau bod y data a gesglir o ansawdd uchel, a’r ystod eang o bynciau sy’n codi yn yr arolwg. Byddwn hefyd yn eich cyfeirio at ble y gallwch gael mynediad at ddata arolygon Bwyd a Chi 2 os hoffech archwilio’r set ddata ymhellach. Gall y sesiwn hon fod yn arbennig o ddefnyddiol os ydych yn gweithio mewn awdurdod lleol, y byd academaidd, sefydliad trydydd sector neu adran o’r Llywodraeth.

Cyhoeddiadau diweddar

Rydym yn cydweithio ag amrywiaeth o randdeiliaid ar brosiectau ymchwil i sicrhau bod ein gwaith yn seiliedig ar yr wyddoniaeth a’r dystiolaeth ddiweddaraf. Mae ein cyhoeddiadau ar gael ar ein tudalennau Ymchwil a Thystiolaeth, a gallwch weld ein hymchwil ddiweddaraf isod, wedi’i chategoreiddio yn ôl maes o ddiddordeb ymchwil.

Ymddygiadau a chanfyddiadau:

Archwiliad Arddangos y Cynllun Sgorio Hylendid Bwyd ac Arolwg Busnesau 2022: Cyflwyniad i’r adroddiad technegol

Lansiwyd y Cynllun Sgorio Hylendid Bwyd (CSHB) yn ffurfiol ym mis Tachwedd 2010. Nod y Cynllun yw helpu defnyddwyr i wneud dewisiadau mwy ystyriol ynghylch ble i brynu eu bwyd drwy ddarparu gwybodaeth glir am safonau hylendid busnesau bwyd yn ystod arolygiad diwethaf gan swyddog diogelwch bwyd.

Galluoedd:

Y Rhaglen Samplu Gwyliadwriaeth

Gwnaeth y prosiect hwn samplu cynhyrchion bwyd manwerthu i’r ASB er mwyn nodi risgiau o ran diogelwch bwyd sy’n dod i’r amlwg a gwella cudd-wybodaeth am y system fwyd.

Peryglon Cemegol mewn Bwyd a Bwyd Anifeiliaid:

Asesiad Diogelwch RP16 Celad Croniwm o DL-Methionin

Asesiad o ddiogelwch ac effeithiolrwydd ychwanegyn cromiwm celad o DL-methionin (Availa®Cr) fel ychwanegyn bwyd anifeiliaid ar gyfer gwartheg godro.

Cynllun Monitro Cenedlaethol (NMP) ar gyfer Cynhyrchion sy’n Dod o Anifeiliaid Adroddiad Dadansoddi Data 2022-23 – Cyflwyniad

Dyma grynodeb o’r canlyniadau yn sgil samplu cynhyrchion sy’n dod o anifeiliaid (POAO) a fewnforiwyd, a gynhaliwyd mewn Arolygfeydd Ffin y DU (BCPs), o dan Gynllun Monitro Cenedlaethol (NMP) y DU, rhwng mis Ebrill 2022 a mis Mawrth 2023.

Buddiannau defnyddwyr:

Arolwg Tracio ‘Making Food Better’ 2023 (penodol i Ogledd Iwerddon)

Mae Arolwg Tracio ‘Making Food Better’ yn mesur cynnydd rhaglen ‘Making Food Better’ yr ASB yng Ngogledd Iwerddon. Mae’r arolwg yn casglu gwybodaeth am ganfyddiadau defnyddwyr o fwyta’n iach, opsiynau iachach ac ailfformiwleiddio, y defnydd o labeli goleuadau traffig, gwybodaeth a dealltwriaeth o'r cymeriant calorïau dyddiol a argymhellir ac agweddau tuag at gynigion.

Arolwg Tracio Mewnwelediadau Defnyddwyr

Ymchwil a mewnwelediadau misol mewn perthynas ag ymddygiadau defnyddwyr a’u hagweddau at ddiffyg diogeledd bwyd, argaeledd bwyd, pryderon a hyder yn y gadwyn fwyd.

Cofrestrwch ar gyfer gweminar ‘Food For Thought’ ar 14 Awst lle bydd tueddiadau a mewnwelediadau o’r prosiect hwn yn cael eu trafod.

Cyhoeddi Bwyd a Chi 2:

Arolwg ‘Ystadegyn Swyddogol’ yw Bwyd a Chi 2 a gomisiynir gan yr Asiantaeth Safonau Bwyd (ASB) ac a gynhelir ddwywaith y flwyddyn.

Adroddiad Technegol: Cyflwyniad, Cylch 7: Crynodeb gweithredol, Cylch 7: Ymchwil o Bwyd a Chi 2

Clefydau a gludir gan fwyd:

Prosiect mewnforio cynhyrchion anifeiliaid: ceisio barn arbenigwr iechyd y cyhoedd

Cynhaliwyd ymarfer ceisio barn arbenigol er mwyn asesu a chategoreiddio’r risg bosib i iechyd y cyhoedd sy’n gysylltiedig â 19 categori o Gynhyrchion sy’n Dod o Anifeiliaid (POAO) a fewnforir.

Asesiad o’r risg y bydd anifeiliaid anwes yn cael Salmonela, Escherichia coli spp., Campylobacter spp. ac MRSA o fwyd anifeiliaid anwes amrwd wedi’i halogi, a risgiau cysylltiedig i berchnogion anifeiliaid anwes o ddefnyddio’r cynhyrchion hyn yn y cartref.

Asesiad o’r risg y bydd cŵn a chathod yn cael haint o gynhyrchion bwyd anifeiliaid amrwd anwes wedi’i halogi a risg o groeshalogi i berchnogion.

Asesiad risg cyflym: Risg i ddefnyddwyr y DU o ffliw adar pathogenig iawn (HPAI) H5N1 B3.13 mewn cynhyrchion llaeth UDA

Roedd asesiad risg cyflym hwn yn asesu’r risg i ddefnyddwyr y DU o straen B3.13 HPAI H5N1 mewn llaeth wedi’i fewnforio, cynhyrchion llaeth, colostrwm a chynhyrchion colostrwm sy’n tarddu o wartheg godro UDA.

Gorsensitifrwydd i fwyd:

Adroddiad ‘Patterns and Prevalence of Adult Food Allergy’

Sefydlwyd y prosiect hwn i ddarparu newid sylweddol yn ein dealltwriaeth o alergeddau bwyd ymhlith oedolyn trwy bennu pa mor gyffredin ydyw.

Darpariaeth alergenau busnesau bach a chanolig yn y sector bwyd heb ei becynnu ymlaen llaw

Crynodeb Gweithredol – Darpariaeth alergenau busnesau bach a chanolig yn y sector bwyd heb ei becynnu ymlaen llaw

Crynodeb o’r ymchwil a’r canfyddiadau

Rheoleiddiwr arloesol:

Canllawiau ar gyfer Technolegau Pwynt Cyswllt

Adroddiad terfynol yn amlinellu’r gweithgareddau a gyflawnwyd a’r rhesymeg y tu ôl i ddatblygu’r canllawiau.

Cyhoeddiadau gan awduron yr ASB a fu’n destun adolygiadau gan gymheiriaid:

Doerr et al., 2024. A UK framework for the assessment and integration of different scientific evidence streams in chemical risk assessment. Regul. Toxicol. Pharmacol. 151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yrtph.2024.105652

Mathisen et al., 2024. Time for CHANGE: system-level interventions for bringing forward the date of effective use of NAMs in regulatory toxicology. Arch. Toxicol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00204-024-03802-6

Mead et al., 2024. Does urban agriculture contribute to food security, and how might this be achieved? Proc. Nutr. Soc. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0029665124002209

Merrick et al., 2024. A genetically related cluster of Salmonella Typhimurium cases in humans associated with ruminant livestock and related food chains, United Kingdom, August 2021-December 2022. Epidemiol. Infect. https://doi.org/10.1017/S095026882400030X

Osborne et al., 2024. The new normal chemical landscape: the future of risk assessment toward optimum consumer safety. Toxicol. Res. 13. https://doi.org/10.1093/toxres/tfae016

Silva et al., 2024. A novel method to derive a human safety limit for PFOA by gene expression profiling and modelling. Front. Toxicol. 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/ftox.2024.1368320

Thom et al., 2024. The effect of timers and precommitments on handwashing: a randomised controlled trial in a kitchen laboratory. Behav. Public Policy. https://doi.org/10.1017/bpp.2023.33

Y Rhaglen PATH-SAFE

Rhaglen fio-wyliadwriaeth 4 blynedd trawslywodraethol ledled y DU yw PATH-SAFE (sef Cadw Gwyliadwriaeth ar Bathogenau mewn Amaethyddiaeth, Bwyd a’r Amgylchedd). Nod y rhaglen yw datblygu rhwydwaith gwyliadwriaeth cenedlaethol peilot, gan ddefnyddio’r dechnoleg dilyniannu DNA ddiweddaraf a samplu amgylcheddol i wella’r gwaith o ganfod ac olrhain pathogenau dynol a gludir gan fwyd ac ymwrthedd gwrthficrobaidd ym mhob rhan o’r system bwyd-amaeth, o’r fferm i’r fforc. 

Mae blwyddyn parhad y rhaglenni (24/25) bellach yn ei anterth, a thra bod prosiectau’n mynd rhagddynt, mae timau rhaglen a phrosiect hefyd wedi bod yn oedi i adlewyrchu ac adolygu cynnydd a chyflawniadau hyd yma. Yn ystod y flwyddyn olaf hon, bydd mwy o ffocws ar ledaenu a chyfathrebu gwaith rhagorol y rhaglen, gyda rhai o’i chyflawniadau eisoes wedi’u hamlygu mewn digwyddiadau allweddol fel digwyddiad y Gymdeithas Frenhinol ar AMR ym mis Mai, ac mewn strategaethau proffil uchel fel Cynllun Gweithredu Cenedlaethol AMR 2025-2029, yn ystod y misoedd diwethaf.  

I gael gwybod mwy am y cynnydd diweddaraf a’r uchafbwyntiau, darllenwch ein cylchlythyr sy’n cynnwys: 

• Newyddion a diweddariadau allweddol 
• Golwg ar waith – parhad: trosolwg o’r prosiect 
• Diweddariadau cynnydd 
• Cysylltiadau ac allbynnau  

Yn ogystal â’n cylchlythyr, gallwch ddysgu mwy trwy fynd i’n gwefan (sy’n cael ei hailstrwythuro ar hyn o bryd) neu drwy gysylltu’n uniongyrchol â thîm y rhaglen yn pathsafe@food.gov.uk. 

Os nad ydych eisoes wedi ei weld

Gallwch ddarllen rhifyn blaenorol y diweddariad hwn i randdeiliaid.

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